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What is history? / Edward Hallett Carr.
LIBRA D16.8 .C33 1962
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carr, Edward Hallett, 1892-1982.
- Series:
- George Macaulay Trevelyan lectures ; 1961.
- The George Macaulay Trevelyan lectures, 1961
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History--Philosophy.
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 209 pages ; 20 cm.
- Edition:
- [First American edition].
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Knopf, 1962 [©1961]
- Summary:
- A philosophical interpretation of history, examining the significance of historical study as a science and a reflection of social values.
- Contents:
- The historian and his facts
- Society and the individual
- History, science, and morality
- Causation in history
- History as progress
- The widening horizon.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Carr, Edward Hallett, 1892-1982. What is history?
- OCLC:
- 397273
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